PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

2025

Williams P, Campbell S, Gildner TE, Geisel-Zamora S, Thayer ZM. Evaluating stress management approaches, types of social support and postpartum mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study based in the United States. BMJ Public Health. 2025 Feb 26;3(1) https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001017

Liebert MA, Urlacher SS, Madimenos FC, Gildner TE, Cepon‐Robins TJ, Harrington CJ, Bribiescas RG, Sugiyama LS, Snodgrass JJ. Variation in diurnal cortisol patterns among the Indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Human Biology, e24056 DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.24056

Bribiescas RG, Sancilio A, Amir D, Cepon-Robins TJ, Gildner TE, Liebert MA, Madimenos FC, Urlacher SS, Snodgrass JJ, Sugiyama LS. Testosterone, 8-Oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) in adult Shuar males of Amazonian Ecuador: A test for evidence of trade-offs between reproductive effort and oxidative stress. American Journal of Human Biology, 37(4), e70042 https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70042

Langer-Gould AM, Cepon-Robins TJ, Benn Torres J, Yeh EA, Gildner TE. Embodiment of Structural Racism and Multiple Sclerosis Risk and Outcomes in the USA. Nature Reviews Neurology, in press.

2024

Gildner TE, Urlacher SS, Nemeth KL, Beauregard JA, Pfaff-Nash M, Zhang A, Waimon S, Cepon-Robins TJ. Dual burden of infectious and chronic disease in low-resource U.S. communities: Examining relationships between infection, adiposity, and inflammation (commissioned article). Annals of Human Biology 51(1):2368851. DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2024.2368851

Thayer ZM, Nemeth KL, Beauregard JA, Gildner TE. Offspring hair cortisol levels are associated with maternal prenatal depression. American Journal of Human Biology p.e24127. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.24127

Tallman PS, Miller AA, Brandley SR, Lee CC, Cepon-Robins TJ, Gildner TE, Collins SM. Helicobacter pylori exposure among the Awajún of the Peruvian Amazon: Prevalence and environmental, social, and biological associations. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24941

2023

Gildner TE, Cepon-Robins TJ. Rural embodiment and community health: An anthropological case study on biocultural determinants of tropical disease infection and immune system development in the United States. Current Tropical Medicine Reports (invited article) 10, 26–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40475-023-00282-z

Cepon-Robins TJ, Mallott EK, Recca IC, Gildner TE. Evidence and effects of neglected parasitic infections among a small preliminary sample of children from rural Mississippi. American Journal of Human Biology. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23889

Thayer ZM, Geisel-Zamora SA, Uwizeye G, Gildner TE. Fear of childbirth during the COVID-19 pandemic: Key predictors and associated birth outcomes. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health; doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoad006.

Wiley KS, Fox M, Gildner TE, Thayer ZM. A longitudinal study of how women’s prenatal and postnatal stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic predicts their infants’ social-emotional development. Child Development; doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13934.

2022

Gildner TE, Cepon-Robins TJ, Urlacher SS. The Energetic Cost of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection: Toward an Integrative Understanding. Trends in Parasitology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2022.04.007

Cepon-Robins TJ, Mallott EK, Recca IC, Gildner TE. Exploring biocultural determinants of intestinal health: Do resource access and parasite exposure contribute to intestinal inflammation among a small preliminary sample of children in rural Mississippi? American Journal of Biological Anthropology; invited special issue “Biocultural perspectives on disease and pandemics: past, present, and future”. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24574

Thayer ZM, Gildner TE. Communication between pregnant women and providers about the COVID-19 pandemic as assessed via online survey. Birth. DOI: 10.1111/birt.12660

Madimenos FC, Gildner TE, Eick G, Sugiyama LS, Snodgrass JJ. Bringing the lab bench to the field: Point-of-care testing for enhancing health research and stakeholder engagement in rural/remote, Indigenous, and resource-limited contexts. American Journal of Human Biology, e23808. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23808

Iannotti L, Gyimah E, Reid M, Chapnick M, Cartmill M, Lutter C, Hilton C, Gildner TE, Quinn, EA. Child dietary patterns in hominin evolution: A systematic review. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. DOI: 10.1093/emph/eoac027

2021

Gildner TE, Eick GN, Schneider AL, Madimenos FC, Snodgrass JJ. After Theranos: Using point-of-care testing to advance measures of health biomarkers in human biology research. American Journal of Human Biology. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23689.

Gildner TE, Casana J. Intestinal parasitic infection within a wealthy nineteenth century household from rural New England: Evidence from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 37, 102990.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102990

Gildner TE, Thayer ZM. The Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Maternity Care Preferences for Future Pregnancies Among Women Living in the United States. Frontiers in Sociology, 6, 17. doi:10.3389/fsoc.2021.611407

Gildner TE, Uwizeye G, Milner RL, Alston GC, Thayer ZM. Associations between postpartum depression and assistance with household tasks and childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from American mothers. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21, 828. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-04300-8

Cepon-Robins TJ, Blackwell AD, Gildner TE, Liebert MA, Urlacher SS, Madimenos FC, Eick GN, Snodgrass JJ, Sugiyama LS. Pathogen disgust sensitivity protects against infection in a high pathogen environment. PNAS, 118(8), e2018552118.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018552118

Sarma MS, Gildner TE, Howells ME, Lew-Levy S, Trumble BC, Fuentes A. There and Back Again: The Biosocial Dynamics of Returning from the Field. American Journal of Human Biology, e23673. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23673

Ocobock C, Owens C, Holdsworth E, Gildner TE, Lynn C. #Hackademics: Hacks Toward Success in Academia. American Journal of Human Biology, e23653. http://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23653

DeLouize AM, Liebert MA, Madimenos FC, Urlacher SS, Schrock JM, Cepon-Robins TJ, Gildner TE, Blackwell AD, Harrington CJ, Amir D, Bribiescas RG, Snodgrass JJ, Sugiyama LS. Low prevalence of anemia among Shuar communities of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Human Biology, e23590. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23590

Sherin M, Gildner TE, Thayer ZM. The Association between COVID-19-Related Changes to duration of working during pregnancy and Prenatal Depression. Frontiers in Global Women's Health, https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2021.639429.

2020

Gildner TE, Cepon-Robins TJ, Liebert MA, Urlacher SS, Schrock JM, Harrington CJ, Snodgrass JJ, Sugiyama LS. Market integration and soil-transmitted helminth infection among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236924

Gildner TE, Levy SB. Intersecting vulnerabilities in human biology: Synergistic interactions between climate change and increasing obesity rates. American Journal of Human Biology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23460

Gildner TE. Links between metabolic syndrome and the microbiome. Clinical brief. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health: eoaa007, doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoaa007

Gildner TE, Laugier EJ, Thayer ZM. Exercise routine change is associated with prenatal depression scores during the COVID-19 pandemic among pregnant women across the United States. PLOS One, 15(12), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243188

Gildner TE, Thayer ZM. Birth plan alterations among American women in response to COVID-19. Health Expectations. doi.org/10.1111/hex.13077

Gildner TE, Thayer ZM. Maternal and child health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Contributions in the field of human biology. American Journal of Human Biology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23494

Gildner TE. Human reproductive hormone measures: Methodological considerations and anthropological importance. American Journal of Human Biology (invited special edition article collection). https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23535

Cepon-Robins TJ, Gildner TE. Old Friends Meet A New Foe – A potential role for immune-priming parasites in mitigating COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 2020(1): 234–248. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoaa037

Thayer ZM, Gildner TE. COVID-19-related financial stress associated with higher likelihood of depression among pregnant women living in the United States. American Journal of Human Biology. doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23508

2019
Cepon-Robins TJ, Gildner TE, Schrock J, Eick G, Bedbury A, Liebert MA, Urlacher SS, Madimenos FC, Harrington CJ, Amir D, Bribiescas RG, Sugiyama LS, Snodgrass JJ. Soil‐transmitted helminth infection and intestinal inflammation among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 170(1): 65-74. doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23897

Gildner TE, Salinas-Rodríguez A, Manrique-Espinoza B, Moreno-Tamayo K, Kowal P. Does poor sleep impair cognition during aging? Longitudinal associations between sleep duration and cognitive performance in older Mexican adults. Geriatrics and Gerontology International 83:161-168. doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2019.04.014

2018

Gildner TE, Ng N, Wu F, Guo Y, Snodgrass JJ, Kowal P. Ideal cardiovascular health and cognitive test performance: testing a modified index of Life’s Simple 7 among older Chinese adults. Frontiers in Public Health 6:352. doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00352

Gildner TE, Snodgrass JJ, Evans C, Kowal P. Associations between physical function and subjective well-being in older adults from low- and middle-income countries: Results from the Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). Journal of Aging and Physical Activity (2018):1-31. doi.org/10.1123/japa.2016-0359

Urlacher SS, Ellison PT, Sugiyama LS, Pontzer H, Eick G, Liebert MA, Cepon-Robins TJ, Gildner TE, and Snodgrass JJ. Tradeoffs between immune activity and childhood growth are temporally diverse and buffered by body fat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(17):e3914-3921. doi.org/10.1530/ey.15.13.23

Stagaman K, Cepon-Robins TJ, Liebert MA, Gildner TE, Urlacher SS, Madimenos FC, Guillenmin K, Snodgrass JJ, Sugiyama LS, Bohannan BJM. Market integration predicts human gut microbiome attributes across a gradient of economic development. mSystems 3(1):e00122-17. 10.1128/mSystems.00122-17

2017
Arokiasamy P, Kowal P, Capistrant BD, Gildner TE, Thiele E, Biritwum RB, et al. Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in 6 Low-and Middle-Income Countries: Findings from Wave 1 of the World Health Organization's Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE). American Journal of Epidemiology 185(6):414-428. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kww125

2016
Gildner TE, Cepon-Robins TJ, Liebert MA, Urlacher SS, Snodgrass JJ, Madimenos FC, Sugiyama LS. Regional variation in Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infections by age cohort and sex: effects of market integration among the indigenous Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. Journal of Physiological Anthropology 35(1):28-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40101-016-0118-2

Gildner TE, Liebert MA, Capistrant BD, D’Este C, Snodgrass JJ, Kowal P. Perceived Income Adequacy and Well-Being among Older Adults in Six Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences (Nov): gbw145. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbw145

Urlacher SS, Liebert MA, Snodgrass JJ, Blackwell AD, Cepon-Robins TJ, Gildner TE, Madimenos FC, Amir D, Bribiescas RG, Sugiyama LS. Heterogeneous effects of market integration on sub-adult body size and nutritional status among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador. Annals of Human Biology 43(4):316-329. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2016.1192219

Urlacher SS, Snodgrass JJ, Liebert MA, Cepon-Robins TJ, Gildner TE, Sugiyama LS. Brief Communication: The Application of Knemometry to Measure Childhood Short-Term Growth among the Indigenous Shuar of Ecuador. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 160:353–357. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22953

2015
Gildner TE, Barrett TM, Liebert MA, Kowal P, Snodgrass JJ. Does BMI generated by self-reported height and weight measure up in older adults from middle-income countries? Results from the study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). BMC Obesity, 2:44-57. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40608-015-0074-0

Urlacher SS, Blackwell AD, Liebert MA, Madimenos FC, Cepon-Robins TJ, Gildner TE, Snodgrass JJ, Pozo J, Tiwia W, Sugiyama LS. Physical growth of the Shuar: Height, Weight, and BMI references for an indigenous Amazonian population. American Journal of Human Biology 28(1):16-30. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22747

2014
Gildner TE, Liebert MA, Kowal P, Chatterji S, Snodgrass JJ. Sleep duration, sleep quality, and obesity risk among older adults from six middle-income countries: Findings from the Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). American Journal of Human Biology 26(6):803-812. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22603

Gildner TE, Liebert MA, Kowal P, Chatterji S, Snodgrass JJ. Associations between Sleep Duration, Sleep Quality, and Cognitive Test Performance among Older Adults from Six Middle Income Countries: Results from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE). Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 10(6):613-621. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.3782

Cepon TJ, Gildner TE, Liebert MA, Colehour AM, Urlacher SS, Snodgrass JJ, Madimenos FC, Sugiyama LS. Soil-transmitted helminth prevalence and infection intensity among geographically and economically distinct Shuar communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Journal of Parasitology 100(5):598-607. http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/13-383.1

Colehour AM, Meadow JA, Liebert MA, Cepon-Robins TJ, Gildner TE, Urlacher SS, Bohannan BJM, Snodgrass JJ, Sugiyama LS. Local domestication of microbes via cassava beer fermentation. PeerJ 2:e479. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.479

BOOK REVIEWS

2016

Gildner TE. Book Review: Global Aging: Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course (by Suzanne R. Kunkel, J. Scott Brown, and Frank J. Whittington). American Journal of Human Biology 28(3):445.